Delirium in the elderly: A review

Oman Medical Journal

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 150-157

  Wass, Suzanne ^a   Webster, Penelope J ^b   Nair, Balakrishnan R ^c  

^a Calvary Mater Hospital   (Australia)

^b JOHN HUNTER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Delirium; Dementia; Depression

Indexed keywords

HALOPERIDOL; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; RISPERIDONE;

AGING; AMNESIA; ATTENTION DISTURBANCE; AUTONOMIC DYSFUNCTION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONFUSION; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; DELIRIUM; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISORIENTATION; DISTRACTIBILITY; DSM-IV-TR; FALLING; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; LENGTH OF STAY; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; ORIENTATION; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PARKINSON DISEASE; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SENESCENCE; THINKING IMPAIRMENT; URINE INCONTINENCE; WALKING DIFFICULTY;

EID: 84869783752     PISSN: 1999768X     EISSN: 20705204     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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